Lophocolea mediinfrons is a species of liverwort in the family Lophocoleaceae. The plant was first described by John J. Engel and John E. Braggins in 2010 as Chiloscyphus mediinfrons, and has only been found on Ulva Island in New Zealand.[1][2]
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| Type specimen of Chiloscyphus mediinfrons from the collections of Te Papa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Marchantiophyta |
| Class: | Jungermanniopsida |
| Order: | Lepidoziales |
| Family: | Lophocoleaceae |
| Genus: | Lophocolea |
| Species: | L. mediinfrons
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| Lophocolea mediinfrons (J.J.Engel & Braggins) L.Söderstr.
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Taxonomy
editThe species was first identified by J.J. Engel and John E. Braggins in 2010 as Chiloscyphus mediinfrons.[3] In 2013, the genus Lophocolea was revived as being separate from the wider Chiloscyphus, and the species was recombined as Lophocolea mediinfrons.[4]
Description
editLophocolea mediinfrons has a soft, spongy and waxy appearance, ranging fro pale green to pale brown in colour. Distinctive features of the species include variable leaf apices, and a leaf-free stem cell gutter.[3]
Distribution and habitat
editLophocolea mediinfrons has only been identified as occurring at Flagstaff Point at the northeastern end of Ulva Island, near Stewart Island in New Zealand. The plants formed a forest floor mat underneath a southern rātā and kāmahi-dominated forest, and were found alongside the liverwort species Zoopsis argentea.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Lophocolea mediinfrons". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "Chiloscyphus mediinfrons". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ a b c Engel, John J. (4 March 2010). "Austral Hepaticae 45. A Monograph of the Genus Chiloscyphus Corda (Lophocoleaceae) for Australasia". Fieldiana: Botany. 48: 1–206. doi:10.3158/0015-0746-48.1.1. ISSN 0015-0746. Wikidata Q122614713.
- ^ Söderström, Lars; Váňa, Jiří; Crandall-Stotler, Barbara; Stotler, Raymond E.; Hagborg, Anders; von Konrat, Matt (17 June 2013). "Notes on Early Land Plants Today. 43. New combinations in Lophocoleaceae (Marchantiophyta)". Phytotaxa. 112 (1): 18–32. doi:10.11646/PHYTOTAXA.112.1.4. ISSN 1179-3155. Wikidata Q22910273.
Further reading
edit- Engel, John J.; Glenny., David S. (2019). A Flora of the Liverworts and Hornworts of New Zealand. Vol. 2. Missouri Botanical Garden Press. ISBN 9781935641162.